I’ve done fairly well breaking even in this hobby. I’ve taken some losses to just move on and roll on to the next game I’ve had lined up. But I’m also coming from an avionics background where I can fix what most people can’t. Anyone that says they don’t flip is a fool, between pins and vids everyone flips. I was taught buy an older gentleman when first getting into this hobby was “ let this pay for itself”.
Coming from another hobby which had the market tank( pro hockey stock) I lost $100’s. And just walked away at loss, the market was never going to rebound with the influx of newer stuff